Van der Gucht, Claude, youngest son of Charles John Van der Gucht, of Maida Vale, by Susan Rosalie, daughter of William Henry Hodding, M.R.C.S., of London; b. June 22, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); Q.S. 1893; left Feb. 1897; joined the Bombay Burma Trading Corpn. Ltd., Rangoon, Nov. 1898; local manager at Moulmein 1911-26; Consul for Siam at Moulmein 1914-26; m. Sept. 17, 1903, Florence Isabel, daughter of George Roberts, of Hobart, Tasmania, d. Nov. 26, 1946.
VAN DE BEMPDE, JOHN, son of Abraham Van De Bempde, Westminster; b.; at school under Busby one year (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 448); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1672/3, readm. fellow commoner 27 Jun 1673, matr. 1672/3; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Aug 1670; m. 28 Aug 1699 Temperance Parker (IGI) [or Packer ?]; d. 1725 (will proved PCC 22 Jun 1726, surname given as Vanden Bempde, of St. James, Middlesex).
VALVASOUR, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1717; in under school list 1718. [Note Thomas Vavasour (sic), son of William Vavasour, bapt. Weston, Yorks. 21 Dec 1702 (IGI)]
Valli, Vermondo Frederick, son of Camillo Constant Valli and Louise, d. of William Conrad Gaisberg of Washington DC; b. 14 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (H); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1943; RA 1941-6 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; man. dir. Coty (England) Ltd 1962; vice-pres. Rexall (Europe) 1967-71; gen. man. Proprietary Perfumes Ltd (France) 1972; m. 9 Feb. 1945 Catherine Anstice, d. of Ven. Edgar Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Totnes, Devon; d. 1 Sept. 2000.
Valentine, Walter Jacob; b. April 17, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (G); left Easter 1920.